[HN Gopher] Reconstructing the Menu of a Pub in Ancient Pompeii
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       Reconstructing the Menu of a Pub in Ancient Pompeii
        
       Author : diodorus
       Score  : 90 points
       Date   : 2021-02-21 04:23 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.atlasobscura.com)
        
       | galkk wrote:
       | Don't forget that the ingridients themselves could have changed
       | considerably, as an example look at watermelon painting of 17th
       | century and modern:
       | https://www.biostandups.com/agricultural/evolution-fruits-ve...
        
         | wikibob wrote:
         | This watermelon image has been widely debunked.
         | 
         | Will find the source if necessary.
        
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           | boomboomsubban wrote:
           | The debunking seems somewhat doubtful, they claimed it was
           | just unripe or under watered but the seeds apparently signify
           | that those are untrue.
        
       | simlan wrote:
       | Thanks for sharing. I love it. Might add it to the food plan !;)
        
         | SavantIdiot wrote:
         | "Pound pepper, lovage, cumin, coriander, laser root, rue,
         | caroenum, honey, pour on some of the cooking liquor, flavour
         | with vinegar. "
         | 
         | I'll just nip of to the market, then. brb.
        
           | twic wrote:
           | We had this recipe for Christmas one year. With a few
           | substitutions according to what was available - damson juice
           | instead of grape juice, for example. It was very nice.
        
             | SavantIdiot wrote:
             | Was the laser root good? "Silphium (also known as silphion,
             | laserwort, or laser) is an unidentified plant that was used
             | in classical antiquity as a seasoning, perfume,
             | aphrodisiac, and medicine."
        
               | technothrasher wrote:
               | The author of the article substituted asafoetida for the
               | laser.
        
           | fao_ wrote:
           | Pepper, Cumin, Coriander, Honey: All readily available.
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           | Lovage: Easy to get hold of if you're in Europe according to
           | Wikipedia "its flavor and smell can be described as a mix of
           | Celery and Parsley, but with a higher intensity of both of
           | those flavors". So, literally just add in a large amount of
           | those to compensate for the strength.
           | 
           | Caroneum: According to this website[0] "as long as you can
           | find a carton of white grape juice, you're set" to make it,
           | so that's readily available.
           | 
           | Rue - According to Wikipedia "Rue extracts are mutagenic and
           | hepatotoxic". It's bitter, so you could very likely
           | substitute a fair amount of Fenugreek for it, which is bitter
           | but fragrant.
           | 
           | Laser Root - Also known as Ailphium, this no longer exists.
           | However, Asafeotida "had similar enough qualities that
           | Romans, including the geographer Strabo, used the same word
           | to describe both". So literally just use that.
           | 
           | So in other words you use Pepper, Cumin, Coriander, Celery,
           | Parsley, Homemade Caroneum, Fenugreek, Asafeotida, and Honey.
           | 
           | Which really doesn't sound that difficult to get hold of,
           | does it?
           | 
           | [0]: https://pass-the-
           | garum.blogspot.com/2013/03/caroenum.html
        
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